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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Madonna with Music Angel
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II - 2012 - NIUE ISLAND 1/24th of 24 Dollars |
| Reverse description | Rectangular colored field reproducing a Renaissance-style devotional composition depicting the Madonna enthroned at center, holding the Christ Child, and attended by multiple music angels in flowing drapery. The scene, rendered in warm sepia and ochre tones, is faithful to a classic Old Master drawing or engraving tradition, with fine crosshatched detail evoking the character of a period sketch. The composition fills the rectangular flan completely, with the colored image applied to a milled silver substrate. |
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This issue is part of a broader series of Niue-licensed silver rounds produced primarily for the collector market, using the small Pacific territory's minting authority as a vehicle for privately designed bullion-adjacent pieces. Niue has issued hundreds of such licenses since the 1990s, with the actual striking typically contracted to established European mints rather than any facility on the island itself.
The KM#911 reference places it within the sprawling Krause cataloguing of Niuean commemoratives — a section that runs to unusual length given the island's population of roughly 1,500 people.